Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen) on EtoBox?

Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen) by Thomas Clavin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen) about?

<p><b>The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 </b><b><i>New York Times </i></b><b>bestselling author of </b><b><i>Dodge City</i></b><b>.<br><br></b>In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO—the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation that made him a marked man to every gunslinger in the Wild West.<br><br>James Butler Hickock was known across the frontier as a soldier, Union spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor. He crossed paths with General Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody, as well as Ben Thompson and other young toughs gunning for the sheriff with the quickest draw west of the Mississippi.<br><br>Wild Bill also fell in love—multiple times—before marrying the true love of his life, Agnes Lake, the impresario of a traveling circus. He would be buried however, next to fabled frontierswoman Calamity Jane.<br><br>Even before his death, Wild Bill became a legend, with fiction sometimes supplanting fact in the stories that surfaced. Once, in a bar in Nebraska, he was confronted by four men, three of whom he killed in the ensuing gunfight. A famous <i>Harper’s Maga

Who reads Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Thomas Clavin
Publisher
St. Martin’s Press
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9781250173799
Category
history
Subjects
History, Biography, Memoir
Rating
4.5 / 5 (1,259 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

Other editions & translations

More by Thomas Clavin

Browse all works by Thomas Clavin

Similar books